Kanakal Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kanakal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanakal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4901:1,565,44058,117
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Kanakal (332) may also be a first name.

Kanakal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kanakal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kanakal (Hindi: कनकलता, Marathi: कनकाळ, Oriya: କନକଲତାଝାର) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanakal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 615,220th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The surname Kanakal occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kanakal reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 480,499th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 332 people.

The last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 490 people, or 1 in 1,565,440. In India it is most frequent in: Karnataka, where 58 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 24 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 13 percent reside. Aside from India it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Kuwait, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanakal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanakal in the Oriya language
କନକଲତାଝାରkanakalatajhara-
Kanakal in the Marathi language
कनकाळkanakala60.71
कानकालkanakala14.29
कनकालkanakala10.71
कनकलkanakala4.76
कंकाळkankala4.76
कनकाळाबक्षkanakalabaksa4.76
Kanakal in the Hindi language
कनकलताkanakalata50
कनकलkanakala50

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kanakal
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